She Can Run

She Can

By: Melinda Leigh

Narrated by: Amy Rubinate

Length: 9 hrs

Publisher's summary

Elizabeth was a young widow with two small children when she met Congressman Richard Baker. Handsome and wealthy, with a sparkling public image, Richard seemed like the perfect man to provide the security that Beth and her kids were craving. But when she uncovers a dangerous secret about her new husband, Beth realizes he will go to any lengths - even murder - to keep it. After barely escaping with her life, she and her children flee. They eventually make their way to a secluded estate in the Pennsylvania countryside, where Beth dares to hope she has found a safe place at last....

Forced into retirement by an unexpected injury, Philadelphia homicide detective Jack O’Malley is mourning the loss of his career when his uncle abruptly dies, leaving Jack to dispose of his crumbling country house. Unbeknownst to him, his uncle engaged a caretaker just before his death, a mysterious woman with two children and a beautiful face that haunts his dreams. Determined to know her, Jack begins an investigation into Beth’s past. When he uncovers the shocking truth, and a local woman is viciously murdered, Jack puts his own life on the line to keep Beth and her children safe.

A 2012 International Thriller Award nominee for Best First Novel, She Can Run is a sexy, satisfying debut from award-winning author Melinda Leigh, packed with enough suspense and romance to get even the tamest heart racing!

©2011 Melinda Leigh (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Kept you guessing!

Really good story. Great characters and suspenseful. Gotta love the dog🐕‍🦺 Definitely give it a listen!

Disappointed couldn't finish the story

I have listened to several books by this author and liked them. This book, however, reads like a beginner's rough draft. The characters are bland and don't connect. Worst of all is the narrator's voice. I couldn't finish it. I will still read/listen to books by this author, but I will definitely avoid any with that narrator

Fan

Story was excellent but the reader sounded like a twelve year old. Hard to imagine when a man was speaking with such a young sounding voice. Could get a better reader voice for any other books I've said enough but the rating page won't except my rating, I guess.

She Can Run

Whew, that was a story! This was quite the winding road of a story that covered a lot. My one disappointment was I knew from early on who the serial killer was but otherwise, quite a story! I do wish there was a little more at the end but otherwise, really enjoyable! The narration was also enjoyable, so much so, that I was really into the story during the serial killer end scene and a real life noise happened and almost caused a heart attack!

HORRIBLE NARRATOR

The only reason I kept listening is bc I liked the story. The narrator is the worst I've heard on audible and in no way will I be listening to another story by her again. I bought the second installment of this series but will be returning it. Story itself was predictable but still gripping.

Well...

I'm glad this wasn't my first book by this author. I'm already a big fan of hers, and this is obviously an earlier work-definitely not her best.

The story itself had so many moving parts it felt like I was inside a Swiss watch. The pace would drag a bit, then huge plot points would drop like bombs and I'd find myself backing up because I had missed some key elements (that happens when you multi-task while listening). As I finally got a grip on things, I found myself liking the story, although there were times that a character's behavior or a plot point would bother me and I'd have to let it go. I reminded myself to enjoy the book for the escapism quality, and I did.

The character of Jack was one I thoroughly enjoyed. He's angry at things that are beyond his control, and frustrated that he's not able to be the man he once was. Easily understood concepts. He's got a serious White Knight complex going on, and that's just what his new staff member needs.

So, there is a lot to like in this story, and I enjoyed it-even if the narrator was less than stellar.

Very predictable

Too predictable. Narrator’s voice was same for every character. Too much sex for my taste.

Suspenseful but flawed

The plot groups the reader from the beginning. However there is a ridiculous psychic element that is not revealed until far into the story. (I would've skipped the book if I had known this.) The psychic element ends up producing a silly deus ex machina in the end. Also there is no character development.

Great story

It was a great story,it really was but the only thing is that I wish there were a little bit more of the serial killer side than the love story side but I did enjoy the book.

I wanted to love it

I couldn’t make it through chapter 5 unfortunately the narrators voice just didn’t appeal to me and I couldn’t focus. Monotone and quiet. I have loved all other books and I suspect this story is also great.